Cities in Minnesota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)

Lake Elmo, MN had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 103 cities in 2022, at 76.6%. Victoria, MN had the lowest, at 18%. The median was 48.5% and the figure for Minnesota was 46.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest76.6Lake Elmo, MN

Lowest18Victoria, MN

Median48.5103 cities

Minnesota46.7History

Top 40 cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Lake Elmo, MN	76.6	+7.9 pts
2	Vadnais Heights, MN	64.3	+1.8 pts
3	Grand Rapids, MN	63.2	+6.6 pts
4	Owatonna, MN	62.4	+1.5 pts
5	Hermantown, MN	60.6	-7.3 pts
6	Robbinsdale, MN	60.1	+4.6 pts
7	North St. Paul, MN	59.2	+1.1 pts
8	New Hope, MN	58.5	+5.5 pts
9	West St. Paul, MN	58.4	-2.7 pts
10	Cambridge, MN	57.5	-0.6 pts
11	Moorhead, MN	57.5	-0.1 pts
12	Oakdale, MN	57.4	-4.3 pts
13	Lino Lakes, MN	56.9	+2.5 pts
14	North Branch, MN	56.1	-5.2 pts
15	Red Wing, MN	56	-1 pts
16	Brooklyn Park, MN	55.9	+2.4 pts
16	Columbia Heights, MN	55.9	+7.2 pts
18	Forest Lake, MN	55.7	+1.7 pts
19	New Brighton, MN	55.4	+2 pts
20	Crystal, MN	55.4	-2.2 pts
21	Savage, MN	55.3	+0.6 pts
22	Little Canada, MN	55.2	-2 pts
23	Prior Lake, MN	55.1	+2.6 pts
24	Duluth, MN	54.5	+2.1 pts
25	Shoreview, MN	53.8	+9.6 pts
26	Hibbing, MN	53.4	+8.5 pts
27	Maplewood, MN	53.4	+1.9 pts
28	Coon Rapids, MN	53.3	+3 pts
29	Anoka, MN	52.5	+6.5 pts
30	Champlin, MN	52.1	-3.1 pts
31	Winona, MN	52	+2.4 pts
32	St. Michael, MN	51.8	+6.8 pts
33	Burnsville, MN	51.7	+2.3 pts
34	Lakeville, MN	51.3	+10.9 pts
35	Farmington, MN	51.1	+1.1 pts
36	White Bear Lake, MN	50.8	+0.9 pts
37	Mankato, MN	50.6	-2.7 pts
38	South St. Paul, MN	50.5	-1.2 pts
39	Buffalo, MN	50.3	-0.3 pts
40	Apple Valley, MN	50.1	+1.4 pts
41	Marshall, MN	49.9	-1 pts
42	Faribault, MN	49.8	+1.4 pts
43	Golden Valley, MN	49.8	+5.3 pts
44	Ham Lake, MN	49.6	+9.8 pts
45	Waconia, MN	49.5	-0.4 pts
46	Inver Grove Heights, MN	49.3	+0.8 pts
47	St. Paul, MN	49.3	-0.1 pts
48	Roseville, MN	49.2	+6.2 pts
49	Chanhassen, MN	48.9	+3.1 pts
50	Edina, MN	48.7	+3.7 pts
51	Bloomington, MN	48.6	+2.7 pts
52	Detroit Lakes, MN	48.5	-1.3 pts
53	East Bethel, MN	48.4	+29.4 pts
54	Rochester, MN	48.2	+1.9 pts
55	Brooklyn Center, MN	47.1	-1.7 pts
56	Stillwater, MN	46.7	+1.8 pts
57	Cloquet, MN	46.7	-4.1 pts
58	Minneapolis, MN	46.4	+0.4 pts
59	Ramsey, MN	46.3	+2.7 pts
60	Mounds View, MN	46.2	+7.8 pts
61	Fergus Falls, MN	46.2	-3.8 pts
62	Fairmont, MN	46.1	+1 pts
63	Blaine, MN	46.1	-2.5 pts
64	Hugo, MN	45.3	+9.4 pts
65	Shakopee, MN	45.2	+3.8 pts
66	Hopkins, MN	44.9	-1.8 pts
67	Albert Lea, MN	44.5	-1.6 pts
68	Sartell, MN	44.4	-0.5 pts
69	Austin, MN	44.2	-7.1 pts
70	Chaska, MN	43.8	+0.3 pts
71	Brainerd, MN	43.4	-3.1 pts
72	Bemidji, MN	43.3	-8.2 pts
73	St. Cloud, MN	43.1	-2.6 pts
74	Eagan, MN	42.9	+1.1 pts
75	Hastings, MN	42.8	+2.2 pts
76	Willmar, MN	42.6	-0.2 pts
77	Cottage Grove, MN	42.1	+2.3 pts
78	Fridley, MN	41.4	+0.9 pts
79	Woodbury, MN	41.2	-4.1 pts
80	Alexandria, MN	41	-7 pts
81	Minnetonka, MN	40.9	-0.3 pts
82	Rosemount, MN	40.6	+4.7 pts
83	St. Peter, MN	40.1	-2.7 pts
84	Otsego, MN	40	+7.8 pts
85	Maple Grove, MN	39.9	-0.1 pts
86	Northfield, MN	39.7	+0.5 pts
87	North Mankato, MN	39.6	-8.7 pts
88	Elk River, MN	38.9	-1.5 pts
89	Eden Prairie, MN	38.9	-1.9 pts
90	Monticello, MN	38.8	+5.4 pts
91	Richfield, MN	38.5	-4 pts
92	Hutchinson, MN	38.1	+2.9 pts
92	Worthington, MN	38.1	-2.9 pts
94	St. Louis Park, MN	38	+2.5 pts
95	Andover, MN	37.8	+8.6 pts
96	Plymouth, MN	37.6	-1 pts
97	New Ulm, MN	37.1	-0.3 pts
98	Big Lake, MN	36.1	+4.6 pts
99	Mendota Heights, MN	34.6	-0.8 pts
100	Sauk Rapids, MN	31.3	-2 pts
101	Dayton, MN	20.7	-16.8 pts
102	Rogers, MN	18.6	-15.6 pts
103	Victoria, MN	18	-8.1 pts

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About this ranking

Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Minnesota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Minnesota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/minnesota-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Minnesota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/minnesota-cities?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Minnesota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/minnesota-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Minnesota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022}},
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Which city has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Lake Elmo, MN, with 76.6% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Victoria, MN, with 18% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.